Kanya Rashi name letters: To, Pa, Pee, Poo, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po

Kanya Rashi naming sounds

9 padas

To · Pa · Pee · Poo · Sha · Na · Tha · Pe · Po

Your child's sound is the one pada the Moon was in at birth.

A child born under Kanya Rashi is traditionally named on the sound of the single pada the Moon occupied at birth. The nine quarters in this sign are Uttara Phalguni padas 2-4, Hasta, Chitra padas 1-2.

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Built pada by pada, including nakshatras that cross a sign boundary
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300 cited names; every displayed meaning links to its source

The nine quarters

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The sign gives nine possible sounds. Birth time identifies the one pada; the baby name finder calculates it from the Moon's position.

Kanya Rashi (कन्या) — naming syllable for each pada
Nakshatra	Pada	Naming sound
Uttara Phalguni	2	To
Uttara Phalguni	3	Pa
Uttara Phalguni	4	Pee
Hasta	1	Poo
Hasta	2	Sha
Hasta	3	Na
Hasta	4	Tha
Chitra	1	Pe
Chitra	2	Po

Boundary note. Chitra padas 3-4 belong to Tula, not Kanya; Uttara Phalguni pada 1 belongs to Sinh, not Kanya. That is why this table uses padas rather than filing a whole nakshatra under one sign.

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300 sourced Kanya names.

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Kanya Rashi names with sourced meanings
Name	Gender	Meaning	Source of the meaning
Narasimha नरसिंह Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नरसिंह” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “Narasimha” (English proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Narayan नारायण Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	Narayana, the god Vishnu — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नारायण” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नारायण” (Marathi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Narayana नारायण Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	Narayana, the god Vishnu — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नारायण” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “Narayana” (English proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Narendra नरेंद्र Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	king, monarch, sovereign, ruler — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नरेंद्र” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नरेंद्र” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Naresh नरेश Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	king, prince; male sovereign — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नरेश” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नरेश” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Nareshvara नरेश्वर Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	a king — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44333 “nareśvara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44333: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Nargis नरगिस Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	female	Narcissus; the eye of a beloved — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नरगिस” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नरगिस” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Nari नारी Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	female	a woman; a wife; a female or any object regarded as feminine — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 33685 “nārī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 33685: “name of a daughter”, CC BY 4.0
Narmada नर्मदा Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	female	‘pleasure-giver’ — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नर्मदा” (Sanskrit entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नर्मदा” (Marathi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Narta नर्त Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	dance — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44369 “narta”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44369: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Narya नर्य Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	a man; a person — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44336 “narya”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44336: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Nata नट Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	actor; dancer; mime — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 43776 “naṭa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 43776: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Nataraja नटराज Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	Shiva, depicted as the Lord of Dance; the constellation Orion — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नटराज” (Sanskrit entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in Wikidata Q545244 (given name), CC0
Nathanarayana नाथनारायण Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	in music) a kind of measure — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 70166 “nāthanārāyaṇa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 70166: “name of an author”, CC BY 4.0
Nava नव Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	a young monk; a novice; a crow — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44487 “nava”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44487: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Navamalika नवमालिका Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	female	Jasminum Sambac — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44524 “navamālikā”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44524: “name of a daughter”, CC BY 4.0
Navaratha नवरथ Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	the 9 sentiments or passions (dram.) — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44615 “navaratha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44615: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Naved नवीद Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	good news; wedding invitation — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नवीद” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नवीद” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Naveed नवीद Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	good news; wedding invitation — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नवीद” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नवीद” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Naveen नवीन Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	new; unique, novel — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नवीन” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नवीन” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Navid नवीद Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	good news; wedding invitation — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नवीद” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नवीद” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Navneet नवनीत Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	butter — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नवनीत” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नवनीत” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Nayaka नायक Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	a guide; leader; chief — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 33608 “nāyaka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 33608: “name of a Brāhman”, CC BY 4.0
Nayan नयन Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	eye — also claimed by Vrishchik	English Wiktionary, “नयन” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “नयन” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Nayana नयन Hasta pada 3, Anuradha pada 1	male	a leader — also claimed by Vrishchik	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 44210 “nayana”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 44210: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Padakara पदकार Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	the author of the Padapāṭha	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15755 “padakāra”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15755: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Padati पदाति Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a pedestrian; footman; foot-soldier	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15863 “padāti”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15863: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Padma पद्म Uttara Phalguni pada 3	female	lotus	English Wiktionary, “पद्म” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “Padma” (English proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Padmadarshana पद्मदर्शन Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	the resin of the Pinus Longifolia	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15932 “padmadarśana”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15932: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Padmagarbha पद्मगर्भ Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	the interior or calyx of a lotus	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15922 “padmagarbha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15922: “name of a Brāhman”, CC BY 4.0
Padmaksha पद्माक्ष Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	the sun	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 169419 “padmākṣa”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 169419: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Padmanabha पद्मनाभ Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a magical formula spoken over weapons; the father of the medicinal author Yaśodhara	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15937 “padmanābha”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15937: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Padmavati पद्मवती Uttara Phalguni pada 3	female	Hibiscus Mutabilis	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15982 “padmavatī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15982: “name of a wife”, CC BY 4.0
Padmini पद्मिनी Uttara Phalguni pada 3	female	lotus; lotus pond; beautiful woman	English Wiktionary, “पद्मिनी” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “पद्मिनी” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Paila पैल Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a sage and promulgator of the Ṛgveda; a gotra descendant of Pīlā	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 150232 “paila”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 150232: “name of a teacher”, CC BY 4.0
Pajaka पाजक Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a particular kitchen utensil	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 93121 “pājaka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 93121: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Pakayajna पाकयज्ञ Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a cooked sacrifice; a simple sacrifice (as opposed to śrauta rites)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 93053 “pākayajña”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 93053: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Pala पाल Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a guard; protector; keeper	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 94398 “pāla”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 94398: “name of a serpent-demon”, CC BY 4.0
Palaka पालक Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a horse-keeper; groom; a maintainer	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 94404 “pālaka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 94404: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Palava पलव Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	plava; a basket of wicker-work for catching fish	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 92485 “palava”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 92485: “name of a man”, CC BY 4.0
Palin पालिन् Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a ruler; [rel.] a form of Śiva	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 94417 “pālin”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 94417: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Palita पलित Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a kind of mouse; a venomous animal; mud	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 92524 “palita”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 92524: “name of a prince”, CC BY 4.0
Pallavi पल्लवी Uttara Phalguni pada 3	female	sprout, shoot, bud	English Wiktionary, “पल्लवी” (Hindi entry), CC BY-SA 4.0 · attested as a given name in English Wiktionary, “पल्लवी” (Hindi proper noun: given name), CC BY-SA 4.0
Panchajana पञ्चजन Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	the 5 classes of beings; man; the 5 elements	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 14853 “pañcajana”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 14853: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Panchajani पञ्चजनी Uttara Phalguni pada 3	female	an assemblage of 5 persons	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 14854 “pañcajanī”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 14854: “name of a daughter”, CC BY 4.0
Panchaka पञ्चक Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	the 5 first disciples of Gautama Buddha	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15165 “pañcaka”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15165: “name of a son”, CC BY 4.0
Panchakshara पञ्चाक्षर Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a kind of mantra (oṃ namaḥ śivāya)	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15101 “pañcākṣara”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15101: “name of a poet”, CC BY 4.0
Panchala पञ्चाल Uttara Phalguni pada 3	male	a man belonging to the tribe of the Pañcālas; a king of the Pañcālas; a particular venomous insect	Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (Oliver Hellwig), lexicon entry 15202 “pañcāla”, CC BY 4.0 · attested as a given name in Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, lexicon entry 15202: “name of a warrior”, CC BY 4.0

Sources and reuse

English Wiktionary — source, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Dual-licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL. Meanings are abridged from the entry's own dictionary senses; each name links to the entry it came from.

Digital Corpus of Sanskrit — source, used under CC BY 4.0. Oliver Hellwig, Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, 2010-2024. Lemma glosses are abridged and the “name of a …” clause is shown as the attestation rather than as a meaning.

Wikidata — source, used under CC0 1.0. Structured data in the main and lexeme namespaces is a public-domain dedication. Used for names Wiktionary does not carry.

This compiled list is CC BY-SA 4.0. Each gloss is shortened and every row retains the entry it came from. The finder's provenance answer explains why larger non-commercial dictionary datasets are not republished here.

Some sounds belong to more than one pada. Those rows name the other sign instead of pretending the spelling resolves the birth pada; birth time is what distinguishes it.

One method, not twelve copies

How the birth star becomes one naming sound.

The calculation and its limits are documented once in the baby name finder method. Use the rashi calculator if the sign itself is uncertain.

Kanya Rashi name questions

Which letters are used for Kanya Rashi names?

To, Pa, Pee, Poo, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po. Those are the sounds assigned to the nine padas that fall in Kanya — Uttara Phalguni padas 2-4, Hasta, Chitra padas 1-2 — in the Namakaran tradition. The tradition names on the sound of the single pada the Moon occupied at birth, so only one of these is 'yours'; the remaining quarters belong to the same sign but to a different part of it, and the birth time is what tells them apart.

Does the name have to start with one of these sounds?

No. This is a tradition, not a rule, and no text treats a name chosen for another reason as harmful. Families regularly name a child after a grandparent or a deity instead. The only consequence is that the name will not encode the birth star, so nobody will be able to read the chart back out of it later.

Why are only 300 sourced names shown for Kanya?

Every published meaning needs a citation and attestation as a given name. An uncited suggestion is omitted rather than given a plausible but invented gloss; the finder page explains the corpus and licence.

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300 sourced Kanya names.

How the birth star becomes one naming sound.

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